Dr. Snehal Bavaskar

Medical Retina Fellow, Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretinal Services, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai

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Dr. Snehal Bavaskar underwent MBBS from Shri Bhausaheb Hire Govt Medical Hospital and College, Maharashtra and then completed DNB from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai and short term medical retina training in Aravind eye Hospital, Pondicherry. She has also cleared ICO basic sciences and clinical sciences. She is a lifetime member of All India Ophthalmological Society and Delhi Ophthalmic Society. She is currently pursuing her Long term Medical retina fellowship in Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai.

  1. Articles 10 Sep 2021 10 min read

    Ten Clinical Signs A Postgraduate Must Look For While Examining the Fundus

    1. Red Dots! : Microaneurysms Seen in Diabetic Retinopathy, retinal vein occlusions, hypertensive retinopathy, radiation retinopathy. Microaneurysms are usually the first ophthalmoscopically detectable sign of diabetic retinopathy. They are focal saccular outpouchings of the capillary wall due to pericyte loss. Arise from the deep part of the inner retinal capillary plexus, and are present in the inner nuclear layer.1 Features: Appear as small round red dots - usually seen at the posterior pole, especially temporal to the fovea. 10- 100 microns in diameter. Only > 30 microns is visible ophthalmoscopically (better on red-free illumination). < 30 microns can be seen on FFA and hence more microaneurysms are seen on FFA than fundus examination. Shapes – saccular, fusiform, pedunculated, focal bulge, irregular, mixed. FFA- Hyperfluorescent with leakage. OCT – Ring sign, span more than 1 retinal layer. Course- disappear in 3-6 months. Can continue to exudate, bleed or thrombose. 2. And it wa

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